Historians consider this the decisive factor in convincing Alboin to undertake a migration, even though there are indications that before the war with the Gepids a decision was maturing to leave for Italy, a country thousands of Lombards had seen in the 550s when hired by the Byzantines to fight in the Gothic War.

Historians in opinion polls once rated Johnson " near great ", but have since reevaluated and now consider Johnson " a flat failure ".

Historians generally consider the Battle of Jumonville Glen as the opening battle of the French and Indian War in North America and the start of hostilities in the Ohio valley.

Historians consider it unlikely that Catherine's father, Sir Thomas, would take his pregnant wife on an arduous two week journey north over execrable roads to give birth in a crumbling castle in which neither of them seemed to spend much time.

Historians Caro and Dallek consider Lyndon Johnson the most effective Senate majority leader in history.

Historians generally consider Manchukuo a puppet state of Imperial Japan because of the Japanese military's strong presence and strict control of the government administration.

Historians and economists consider the GI Bill a major political success — especially in contrast to the treatments of World War I veterans — and a major contribution to America's stock of human capital that sped long-term economic growth.

Historians consider the Mission's pastoral location in the valley of the San Antonio River along the Santa Lucia Mountains as an outstanding example of early mission life.

Historians like Milcíades Peña consider this historical period of the Americas as pre-capitalist, as most production of the coastal cities was destined to overseas markets.

Historians consider it to be the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.

Historians consider Hongwu to be one of the most significant emperors of China.

Historians now consider Rogers's story to be unreliable.

Historians consider the Athenian 5th and 6th centuries BCE as the Golden Age of sculpture and architecture.

Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states ' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e. g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire.

Historians consider that the failure of the Athenian intervention in Sicily was largely due to the inadequacy of Nicias ’ military leadership.

Historians consider the treaty to be a great achievement for the U. S., as time validated Adams's vision that it would allow the U. S. to open trade with the Orient across the Pacific.

Historians have debated Riel's motivations for allowing the execution, as they consider it his one great political blunder.

Historians consider these versions to be apocryphal in varying degrees.

Historians generally consider the expedition to have been a wasted opportunity: as a result of this, Owen Roe O ' Neill considered Castlehaven to be incompetent and Thomas Preston also developed a dislike of him.

Historians consider this arrangement the political masterstroke of the Hispanic Middle Ages.

Historians agree the Copperheads ' goal of negotiating a peace and restoring the Union with slavery was naive and impractical, for the Confederates refused to consider giving up their independence.

Historians consider the episode was a decisive step towards the end of British rule in India.

Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.

Historians consider that he may have taken this action so that the Ionians would not revolt a second time after the Persian army had passed through.

Historians consider the techniques and tools for tiling as well advanced, evidenced by the fine workmanship and close fit of the tiles.

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

Historians and theologians regularly review the changing relationship between some Christian groups and the Jewish people ; the article on Christian-Jewish reconciliation studies one recent issue.

Historians Vladislav Zubok and Constantine Pleshakov have suggested that " atheism remained rooted in some vague idea of a God of nature.

Historians, folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, journalists, linguists, and many others employ some form of interviewing in their research.

Historians are divided about what followed: some argue that the takeover of southern Great Britain by the Anglo-Saxons was peaceful.

Historians of European witchcraft have found the anthropological definition difficult to apply to European and British witchcraft, where " witches " could equally use ( or be accused of using ) physical techniques, as well as some who really had attempted to cause harm by thought alone.

Historians until recently agreed that before 3000 BC the political life of the city was headed by a priest-king ( ensi ) assisted by a council of elders and based on these temples, but some more recent authors have asserted that the cities had secular rulers from the earliest times.

Historians ' estimation of Philip gradually improved in the 20th century, with comparisons between Philip and his father being increasingly positive — some noting that he possessed much more energy, both mental and physical, than his diffident father.

Historians differ over the motive for his conversion to Islam, some suggest it was a reaction to a social slight inflicted upon him, because he was a Jew, while others suggest he was forcibly converted at the edge of a sword ( which prompted Maimonides to comment upon Anusim.

Despite boasting some leading intellectuals, especially among the Communist Party Historians Group, the party was still tiny compared to its continental European counterparts.

Historians believe the rebellion hastened the hardening of racial lines associated with slavery, as a way for planters and the colony to control some of the poor.

Historians also vary in how they define Sweden, some distinguishing between Sverige ( the modern Swedish name for Sweden ) and Svea rike ( the medieval form of the Swedish name for Sweden ) as two different nations.

Historians remained divided, with some believing it was a lost opportunity while others think it would have had much less impact than Galland estimated.

Today, the name " Chinese whispers " is said by some to be considered offensive or racist, Historians trace Westerners ' use of the word Chinese to denote " confusion " and " incomprehensibility " to the earliest contacts between Europeans and Chinese people in the 1600s, and attribute it to Europeans ' inability to understand and appreciate China's radically different culture and worldview.

Errors, inconsistencies and over-interpretations there may be in some of the new Israeli histories, but nothing in them can match the howlers, contradictions and distortions contained in Fabricating Israeli History: The New Historians.

Historians have put forth several reasons for the lack of the regular use of a badge ; among them, some Rangers felt a shiny badge was a tempting target.

Historians have hitherto attributed the resolution of this crisis to a ‘ secret promise ’ by the British Prime Minister Lord North that Britain would quietly evacuate the islands at some future date if the Spanish agreed to disavow their officers and restore the fort to Britain.

" Historians such as the German Ernst Nolte are, in some ways, even more dangerous than the deniers.

Historians suggest some different theories.

Historians place the beginning of capitalism some time between about 1450 ( Sombart ) and some time in the 17th century ( Hobsbawm ).

Historians have also been divided over the reasons for the British invasion, with some arguing that it was to protect the Suez Canal and prevent " anarchy ", while others argue that it was to protect the interests of British investors with assets in Egypt ( see 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War ).

Historians suggest some explanations.